Kidney Disease News

Posted October 20, 2011:

• African-Americans More Likely to Donate Kidney to Family Member

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Better Ways to Predict Kidney Disease Risk for African Americans: Gene Testing Could Help Identify Patients Who Need Early Treatment

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Common Antibiotic Can Have Serious Adverse Reactions, Review Finds
• Chronic Dialysis for Kidney Disease Patients Now Started Substantially Earlier

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Why Anti-Rejection Drugs for Organ Transplant Patients Cause Hypertension

Posted October 5, 2011:

• New Regimen Frees Kidney-Transplant Patients from Dependency on Immunosuppresant Drugs

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Regular Exercise Improves Health of People With Long-Term Kidney Disease, Study Suggests

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Rogue Receptor Opens Door for Rare Kidney Disease

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Time to Stop Giving Toxic Drugs to Kidney Transplant Patients?
• Kidney Damage and High Blood Pressure: Faulty Filtration Allows Detrimental Enzymes to Wreak Havoc on Fluid Balance, Research Suggests

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Continued Treatment for Lupus May Boost Survival of Those Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Common Invasive Test Not Necessary for Kidney Disease Patients, Study Finds; Clinicians Can Monitor Kidney Function With a Simple Equation

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Sickle Cell Trait Is Not Risk Factor for Kidney Disease: Study Contradicts Earlier Findings

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Substitution of Brand Name With Generic Drug Appears to Be Safe for Transplant Recipients, Study Suggests

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Hormone That Predicts Premature Death in Kidney Patients Identified

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Could Mutant Gene in Chickens Lead to Hypertension Cure?

Posted August 19, 2011:

• Metabolic Syndrome May Cause Kidney Disease

Posted August 18, 2011:

• Kidney Drugs Hampered by High Blood Phosphate; Lowering Phosphate Levels Could Help Prevent Kidney Failure, Study Suggests

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Blocking Cancer Cell’s Energy ‘generator’ Could Lead to New Targeted Treatments

Posted August 12, 2011:

• Poor Growth, Delayed Puberty and Heart Problems Plague Kids With Mild Kidney Disease
• Warning Signs Predict Kidney Injury After Surgery

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Young Black Patients on Kidney Dialysis Do Much Worse -- Not Better -- Than White Counterparts, Study Finds

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Advance in Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus Following Kidney Transplantation

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Success in Treatment for Kidney Transplant Patients
• National Policy Change Reduces Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplants

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Best Post-Transplant Drug Regimen Identified for Patients With New Kidneys, Study Suggests
• Low Blood Pressure During Dialysis Increases Risk of Clots, According to Study

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Treatment Provides Dramatic Survival Benefit for Hard-to-Match Kidney Transplant Patients
• Could Patients' Own Kidney Cells Cure Kidney Disease? Reprogrammed Kidney Cells Could Make Transplants and Dialysis Things of the Past

Posted July 26, 2011:

• Man to Receive Kidney from Brother With Different Blood Type: Novel Blood-Cleaning Procedure Used for Kidney Transplant

Posted July 22, 2011:

• IV Fluids May Reduce Severity of Kidney Failure in Kids With E. Coli Infection

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Elimination of US National Kidney Allocation Policy Improves Minority Access to Transplants

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Kidney Dopamine Regulates Blood Pressure, Life Span

Posted July 18, 2011:

• Study Examines Factors in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Rejection

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Large Waist Doubles Risk of Kidney Disease Mortality, Study Finds

Posted July 6, 2011:

• A Mother's Salt Intake Could Be Key to Prenatal Kidney Development

Posted June 28, 2011:

• New Device to Cut Dialysis Risk

Posted June 27, 2011:

• First Patients Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessels from Donor Cells
• Preterm Babies Could Be at Greater Risk of Developing Kidney Disease Later in Life, Study Suggests

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Drug Shows Improved Kidney Function for Type 2 Diabetics

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Diabetic Kidney Disease on the Rise in America, Despite Improved Diabetes Care
• Diabetic Kidney Disease More Prevalent in US
• New Evidence of the Benefits of Home Dialysis for Kidney Patients

Posted June 19, 2011:

• Single Gene Controls Development of Many Forms of Polycystic Disease

Posted June 15, 2011:

• New Marker to Predict Progressive Kidney Failure, Death Identified
• When Sugar Damages Kidneys: New Hope for Diabetes Patients With Kidney Disease

Posted June 14, 2011:

• Poorer Outcomes Linked With Certain Hormone for Patients With Early-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted June 13, 2011:

• Aurora A Kinase May Contribute to Kidney Disease

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Cancer-Seeking 'Smart Bombs' Target Kidney Cancer Cells

Posted June 2, 2011:

• Cause and Potential Treatment Found for Cancer Drug's Kidney Toxicity

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